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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Preventing unintended pregnancy: the cost-effectiveness of three methods of

emergency contraception.

AUTHORS

Trussell J; Koenig J; Ellertson C; Stewart F

SOURCE

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 1997 Jun;87(6):932-7.

ABSTRACT

An analysis of the cost-effectiveness of emergency contraceptive pills, progestin-only minipills, and the copper-T

IUD indicated all three are cost-effective interventions, whether provided when an emergency occurs or in advance for

use as needed should unprotected intercourse take place. The cost-effectiveness of emergency contraception

depends on three factors: the cost of treatment, the probability of its preventing an unintended pregnancy, and the

cost of an unintended pregnancy. Cost data were computed for two US treatment settings: private managed care and

publicly funded programs. A 74% reduction in unintended pregnancies was assumed based on data from 10

clinical trials of the effectiveness of emergency contraception. In a managed care setting, a single treatment of

emergency contraception after unprotected intercourse saves $142 when emergency contraceptive pills are used and

$119 with minipills; in a public payer setting, these savings are $54 and $29, respectively. The copper-T IUD is not

cost-effective as an emergency method alone; however, savings exceed costs in both settings when IUD use

continues for only 4 months. Advance provision of emergency contraceptive pills to women using barrier methods,

spermicides, withdrawal, or periodic abstinence would save $263-498 in the private sector and $99-205 in the public

sector annually. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 1004-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Preventing unintended pregnancy: the cost-effectiveness of

three methods of emergency contraception.", is(are) Trussell J; Koenig J; Ellertson C; Stewart F. The source of

this article is "AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 1997 Jun;87(6):932-7.". This article was published in

1997 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1004-06. All rights reserved with

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